Shopping & Planning Meals

Key message

Save money by planning meals

Objectives

As a result of this lesson, participants will be able to

• Explain the benefits of meal planning

• Strategize ways to make meal planning easier

• Strategize ways to save money when grocery shopping

Supplies and prep

• Share the vocabulary list and writing exercise for this lesson with your ELL teaching partner one week before the class date. 

• Select activities from the menu of activities in this lesson. Which ones suit your learners? How many do you have time for?

• Shop for, print and prepare materials you will need. See the supplies list in this lesson. 

• Technology: Check that wifi will allow you to show slides, videos and play music. If not, download slides and videos to a device that can run them in the room you will be using for class. 

Core activities in this lesson

• Focused breathing

• Do you ...  Shopping and planning meals

• Tour a grocery store OR watch short grocery store tour videos

• Move to the music

• Cooking and t or 3asting

• Saying and writing vocabulary words

Optional for all learners

• Optional ragged start - brand tasting

Optional activities for advanced ELLs

• Calculate unit pricing

• Writing practice